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countermine
noun as in conspiracy
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Finding plenty of miners among the Cornishmen of the 32d, he sunk a countermine for each mine burrowed by the enemy.
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So Paul concealed his plans from Madame Astier, in entire ignorance that she was running a countermine in the same line as his.
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He knew you, madam, and was resolved to countermine you in all your plots.
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In that way the lonely hermit put his foot down and began a countermine, working as silently as possible.
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You cannot countermine the fortifications of Flore and Maxence without getting a priest to sap them.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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